A new release in Boulevard Brewing Co.’s Brewhouse One Series is coming soon just in time for Thanksgiving.

Messenger in a Bottle is a 14.9 percent ABV Imperial Stout aged in “freshly-emptied J. Rieger’s Kansas City whiskey barrels for one year and transferred to another set of fresh J. Rieger’s barrels to age for an additional six months before resting on Guatemalan coffee beans roasted by Messenger Coffee Company and whole Madagascar vanilla beans prior to bottling,” according to the brewery’s website.

The new ale is the sixth release in Boulevard’s Brewhouse One Series, which is made up of beers released exclusively at the brewery:

The Kansas City, Mo.-based brewery will be releasing Messenger in a Bottle in 12-ounce bottles ($12) and will have four packs ($40) when it is released at the Boulevard Tours & Rec Center on Nov. 21.

Proceeds from sales ($1 per bottle sold) will go to Operation Breakthrough to benefit “the work they do toward providing a safe, loving and educational environment for children in poverty and empowering families through advocacy, emergency aid and education.”

I am a writer for Tenemu.com, cellarman and packaging tech for Wichita Brewing Co. as well as a beer expert at a bottle shop in Kansas. I'm currently studying to take the certified cicerone test in September and hope to become only the second cicerone in my city. I'm an active member of several beer groups, often a host to local beer shares in the Wichita community and occasionally try my hand at homebrewing.